Thomas s



(No Model.)

T. S. GILBERT.

CORSET.

Patented May 5, 1885.

N. PETERS Pholn r. Wzuhinglnn. By C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS S. GILBERT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO I.

ROSENBERG & CO.

OF SAME PLACE.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,335, dated May 5,1885.

Application filed February 2, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. GILBERT, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCorsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side view of the corset; Fig. 2, a transverse sectionthrough the bands or connections E D.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of corsets,with special reference to the hip-section, and to that class ofhip-sections in which an opening is cut throughthe corset over the hips,the object being to attain the advantages of an open, a close, and anelastic hip-section; and it consists in the construction, as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly recited in the claim. 7

A represents the front section of the corset, and B the rear section,the intermediate portion being the hip-section. The lower part of thesection is cut away over the hips, leaving openings C.

From the upper edge of the corset downward each side of the verticalcentral line a bone or stay pocket, a, is introduced. These stays extendover the opening to the lower edge of the corset. The one stay at oneside is connected by an inelastic band, D, across the opening on thatside, and the other stay connected to its side across the opening by alike band, E. Between the two said pockets a an elastic gore, F, isintroduced, extending (No model.)

from the bottom to about the height of the opening, and as shown. Thesaid pockets at are narrow, but so that the bands may be introduced inone edge and the elastic gore in the other edge between the thicknesseswhich form the stays, as seen in Fig. 2. By this construction the corsetis cut so as to leave ample openings over the hip. Aconnection isprovided across that opening, elastic so as to yield to the movement ofthe hip. The stays, which extend down over the openings, conform to theshape of the hip to give the requisite set to the dress and prevent thegarment working out through the opening over the connec tions below. Thestays yield withthe elastic gore, so that as the lower edge extends overthe hip the central or stayed portion correspondingly extends, theopenings always remaining the same.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, an open-hip corset,or an open-hip corset with a connection across the lower edge of theopening, or an elastic connection across such opening, or an elastichip-section, all of Which, I am aware, are not new; but

\Vhat I do claim is A corset the hip-section of which is cut away toform openings C C at the bottom, vertical stay-pockets at, extendingfrom the upper edge of the corset down between said openings, theelastic gore F between and connecting said stay-pockets, and theinelastic connections E D between said stays across the openings,substantially as described.

THOMAS S. GILBERT.

